Dorrigo Pepper (Tasmannia stipitata)
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Tasmannia stipitata, Dorrigo Pepper or Northern Pepperbush is a rainforest shrub of temperate forests of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Leaves are fragrant, narrow-lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 8-13 cm long. Dark bluish to mauve berries follow the flowers on female shrubs. The species is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
The culinary qualities of T. stipitata were recognized in the mid-1980s by horticulturist, Peter Hardwick, who gave it the name ‘Dorrigo pepper’, and Jean-Paul Bruneteau, then chef at Rowntrees Restaurant, Sydney. It is mainly wild harvested from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Dorrigo pepper has a woody peppery note in the leaves and fruit/seed. The hot peppery flavor is derived from polygodial, an essential oil component. Dorrigo pepper is also naturally free of safrole (a banned toxin), unlike some other Tasmannia species.
Categories: Bushfood | Flora of New South Wales | Winteraceae | Plant stubs
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